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Understanding the Respiratory System

The document outlines a unit on how organisms sustain themselves. It covers three lessons - on the respiratory system, circulatory system, and cellular processes like diffusion and homeostasis. The first lesson discusses the organs of the respiratory system and how breathing occurs through inhalation and exhalation.

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Understanding the Respiratory System

The document outlines a unit on how organisms sustain themselves. It covers three lessons - on the respiratory system, circulatory system, and cellular processes like diffusion and homeostasis. The first lesson discusses the organs of the respiratory system and how breathing occurs through inhalation and exhalation.

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Unit 3:

HOW
ORGANISMS
SUSTAIN
THEMSELVES?
Unit Outline
LESSON 1
Respiratory system.
How do we breathe?/ inhalation/exhalation.

LESSON 2
Circulatory system/arteries-capillaries-veins/the heart-anatomy-blood flow/ the passage
of blood through the heart/ blood supply to and from the heart.

LESSON 3
Cell: diffusion/osmosis/active transport.
Homeostasis/ insulin and glucagon.
Carbon cycle/ Nitrogen Cycle.
Unit 3
Lesson1 :

BREATHING
Grade 9
Teacher Mariam Khalaf
Think!
What is the difference
between Breathing and
Respiration?

Have you heard the word


Ventilation before?
INTRODUCTION
When you think of the processes of
breathing, the lungs probably come to
mind. The lungs are the main organ of
the respiratory system. However, many
other organs are also needed for the
process of respiration to take place.
Lesson Objectives
 Identify respiratory system organs.

 Understand the pathway inside the lungs.

 Explore the mechanism of breathing.

 Define simple diffusion.


Organs of Respiratory System
• Nose.
• Mouth.
• Larynx. (voice box)
• Pharynx. (throat)
• Trachea. (windpipe)
• Lungs.
• Diaphragm.
Epiglottis

The epiglottis is a
small, movable "lid" just
above the larynx that
prevents food and drink
from entering the
windpipe(trachea).
The trachea, or windpipe, is a long tube that leads
down to the lungs, where it divides into the right and
left bronchi. The bronchi branches out into smaller
bronchioles in each lung

The bronchioles lead to the alveoli. Alveoli are the


little sacs at the end of the bronchioles (Figure).
They look like little bunches of grapes. Oxygen is
exchanged for carbon dioxide in the alveoli.

The diaphragm is a sheet of muscle that spreads


across the bottom of the rib cage.
Why do you breathe?
We breathe because we need oxygen. Breathing also releases carbon dioxide
from our bodies into the air.
The respiratory system is the body system that brings air containing oxygen into
the body and releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

We recall that oxygen is needed to make ATP so your cells can function!

Breathing is mostly an involuntary action that is controlled by a part of


your brain that also controls your heart beat.

Taking air into the body through the nose and mouth is called inhalation.
Pushing air out of the body through the nose or mouth is called exhalation.

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